The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-11-02
BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE CRUISE
OF II. b. MS SHIP OF WAR THE
BLUNDERBUss FROM PANAMA,
U. S. OF G. TO HONOLULU, Il. I.
Extracted from the Records Of the Archaic
Club.
[BY PERcIvAL LESLIE. |

wherever lne gaze might gO-lmagl'
nation teemed with fancies-across
the Islands of the eight seas-from
the rising of the sun over the famous
promitory of Kumukahi, to its last
lingering rays behind the lonely,
lovely Isle Of Lehua-one unbroken
stretch of indescribable tropical
beauty presented itself. Before him
ceaselessly rocked the dark blue
waves of the Hawaiian channel.
OFF in the distance in the minds eye,
he could see chopping seas of the
passage-the whispering waters of
Kawaihae, cen to the tides that
wash the Pandanus groves of Puma.
The broken, crested surf of 10 in
Lahaina, to Waikiki, with the Aecky
foam opening like the Lehua bios
som. The city lay, lovely in its
tropical freshness, like an Eastern
bride ready to receive her Lord and
husband.
CONCLUSION.
An extraordinary meeting of the
Archaic Club was called for Wednes-
day, TO properly receive the return
ing Envoy, who had cabled his COM
ing home, and to hear read the
Report he might be pleased to
present touching the purposes of his
mission. Almost every member of
the Club responded to the call, and
the meeting room presented an en-
gaging scene of animation and ex-
pectation. The ancient and Honor
able Chairman, had gotten out of a
bed of sickness to preside, and sat
comfortably slipping glass OF brandy
and water-whilst being entertained
by Lord Racquette and host of
other lesser celebrities.
The Honorables Messrs. Softspot
and Lighthead, had been appointed
a Committee to receive the Envoy,
and had gone to meet the train,
whilst the other members, anxiously
awaited their coming.
At about 9 O'Clock in the evening
the Envoy arrived and was received
with the widest enthusiasm and APP
plause, so great was the commotion
his coming created, that it was con-
siderably after 10 o'clock, before the
meeting had sufficiently organized to
act upon the Report.
After the Report had been read to
the meeting, the ex Peruvian mer-
chant having secured the recognition
of the chair, arose and in a most
sarcastic speech both criticised and
condemned the action of the Envoy
whom he stated, by his improper
and unpriestly like manner had in
stead of heaping additional honor
on the Clubs head-had brought
upon them and in a department
whose good graces they all wanted
unreasonable disgrace. That
when the true facts of the case be-
came known, that the Club through
the action of its Representative,
would be laughing stock and a
ridicule. That in conclusion he
would offer for the Clubs action,
the following Resolution:
"Resolved That the entire course
of action followed by the Rev.
Straight Choker, the Envoy to Peru,
of this Ancient and Honorable So
ciety, do meet with it's unqualified
condemnation and disapprovsl, and
be it further
Resolved That the Report offered
by the said Envoy, be not accepted,
and that he be requested to tender
his resignation of the high Office,
now held by him, as the Ancient
and Honorable Chaplain of the
Club"
An explosive bomb caste into the
center of the room, could not have
created greater excitement than
the offering of this Resolution.
Every man sprang to his feet, and
every man had something to say,
and all wanted to say that something
at the one and same time-and it
required all the patience of the
Ancient and Honorable President,
and all the strength of his gavel arm
to reduce the meeting to any degree
of order. When he had succeeded
in doing so-and taken a note upon
the Resolution offered by the ex-
Peruvian merchant, it was found to
the utter dismay of the Envoy and
his friends, that the Resolution had
been undeniably carried by an al
most overwhelming majority.
Crest fallen and almost heart
broken by the new calamity heaped
upon him-the Chaplain retired from
the room for short time-in COM
pany of few sympathizing friends.
When in the privacy of the office,
his injured and insulted nature
found vent through his mouth in
such stream of superb eloquence
= that the little audience were spell
bound, and entranced. After thus
'elieving his burtdened heart of its
almost crushing weight, he calmly
wrote his resignation as requested,
ont added to it also, his resignation
rs member of the Club he had so
ong worked for and adorned.